Abstract: A computing networking system for orchestrating the distribution of workloads in a containerized computing cluster is provided, including: a plurality of cluster nodes, each configured to receive at least one deployment request containing a number of workloads, wherein a deployment request can be issued by a user to any of the cluster nodes of the computing cluster, and wherein a cluster node to which a deployment request is issued by a user is adapted to become a root node of the issued deployment request and is further configured to distribute, based on its available computational resources, the workloads contained in the issued deployment request or parts thereof among one or more other cluster nodes.

Abstract: A method for operating a container orchestration system is disclosed, including a scheduling function means, being designed and configured to map industrial applications A decomposed into application components on an infrastructure represented by a plurality of compute nodes connected by a communication network including a plurality of network elements, a network control function means being designed and configured to control a plurality of communication services provided with the communication network, and an interface means being designed and configured to manage interactions between the scheduling function means and the network control function means. The method takes into consideration the properties of the network connecting compute nodes when scheduling distributed applications on them. Characteristics of the coupled network like bandwidth, latency, real-time behavior, availability, or the like are considered explicitly.